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Yelena Nikolayeva

1966 - Today

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Yelena Nikolayevna Nikolayeva (Russian: Елена Николаевна Николаева, born 1 February 1966 in Akshiki, Chuvashia) is a Russian race walker. Her first international achievement was a fifth place at the 1987 World Championships, something which happened again at the 1991 World Indoor Championships. One year later she won an Olympic silver medal behind Chen Yueling. Success followed over the next years, and in 1996 she became the second and last Olympic champion in the 10 kilometres distance, which was replaced by 20 km. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 23 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 22 in 2024). Yelena Nikolayeva is the 2,471st most popular athlete (down from 2,349th in 2024), the 2,620th most popular biography from Russia (down from 2,616th in 2019) and the 139th most popular Russian Athlete.

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Among ATHLETES

Among athletes, Yelena Nikolayeva ranks 2,471 out of 6,025. Before her are Markus Ryffel, Yvonne van Gennip, Heather Armitage, Carlo Montano, Gillian Cowley, and Gerhard Heer. After her are Konstantinos Kenteris, Marioara Popescu, Andrey Perlov, Nina Zyuskova, Carlos Girón, and Allan Wells.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1966, Yelena Nikolayeva ranks 521. Before her are Olena Demyanenko, Srđan Aleksić, Lenny Abrahamson, Michael Park, Andy Richter, and Albert Pahimi Padacké. After her are Axel Braun, Bernd Dreher, Hélène Rollès, Timur Kulibayev, Leonardo Rodríguez, and Karyn Parsons.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yelena Nikolayeva ranks 2,620 out of 3,761. Before her are Alsou (1983), Tatyana Providokhina (1953), Olga Nazarova (1965), Vladimir Semenets (1950), Yefim Dzigan (1898), and Anna Chakvetadze (1987). After her are Andrey Perlov (1961), Vasili Berezutski (1982), Ludmila Engquist (1964), Alexander Zhulin (1963), Ilya Sutskever (1986), and Igor Romishevsky (1940).

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Among ATHLETES In Russia

Among athletes born in Russia, Yelena Nikolayeva ranks 139. Before her are Irina Nazarova (1957), Konstantin Volkov (1960), Mikhail Burtsev (1956), Tatyana Providokhina (1953), Olga Nazarova (1965), and Vladimir Semenets (1950). After her are Andrey Perlov (1961), Ludmila Engquist (1964), Igor Romishevsky (1940), Svetlana Paramygina (1965), Galina Malchugina (1962), and Nikolay Bazhukov (1953).

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